Daggle-tail
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Daggle-tail is a noun meaning (archaic) A slovenly woman; a slattern; a draggle-tail.
Meaning
(archaic) A slovenly woman; a slattern; a draggle-tail.
More Meanings
- (obsolete, often used attributively) Clothes that are filthy at the bottom from dragging through the mud.
Example Sentences
"Daggle-tail,” Emrys replied with a cheeky grin.
Do you have a daggle-tail's drawers stuffed in your ears?
He shouldn't be kept waiting by a daggle-tail such as you.
for she was no daggle-tail I will be bound, but as neat a lass as Sarah o ' Richard's, every bit.
Word Forms
- daggle-tails
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include draggle-tail, draggletail, drabble-tail, drabbletail, drab, dretch.
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